[lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so?
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:15:17 -0500
CK:
I agree with Mike--a poor person is much, much, much more likely to get
fed, housed, and simply treated with dignity by a poor person than by a
rich person. But if you're talking about a well-off person who's fallen
from grace, the rich will step in with their extremely helpful resources
(including useful job contacts) that can lift you out of the depths. I've
also known "good" wealthy people who give away things they don't need
(and services), and who treat all people with dignity. But honestly, this
is all too rare. Just take a look at American cities if you have any
doubts.
I agree with pretty much everything Carol said in her post, including the
above observation. The wealthy are often very generous to the poor as well,
but usually through some group or organizational activity, seldom -- it
seems to me -- on a personal basis.
I'd like to retract my comment about Eric's "hatred for the poor" -- when I
wrote it, I thought it too strong a term, but I was reacting to his
description of the poor as "homeless drunks", "skankiest toothless hookers",
"the sadism and brutality of the ignorant poor" -- all reactions that I too
have had at times, but reactions I think need to be countered with the
understanding of the plight of those people, of the etiology of their
condition.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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